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October 7, 2024 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

PRC Lawfare Expands to U.S. Courts — Now Is Not the Time to Dismantle U.S. Tech

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is learning how to use American courts to undermine U.S. national security. Specifically, Beijing is working through the courts to block executive branch actions that...

March 29, 2024 | Jiwon Ma, Sophie McDowall

Arming Consumers With Cybersecurity Data Can Protect U.S. Critical Infrastructure

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) earlier this month approved the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark program, a voluntary cybersecurity labeling initiative for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. This much-needed...

March 17, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran’s president wants new focus on artificial intelligence

Iran's push into AI sparks intrigue and concerns. President Raisi leads discussions on tech's role in the national economy and security.

March 3, 2023 | Craig Singleton |

How Silicon Valley Engineered China’s Protest Crackdowns

American software and equipment—from companies like Microsoft and Oracle—is deeply embedded throughout China’s police state.

November 5, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir |

Turkish Streamers Colluded With Iran-Based Money Launderers: Amazon Subsidiary Twitch Should Take Action

Twenty-four hundred Turkish streamers have reportedly helped launder nearly $10 million for Iran-based credit card theft schemes through the Amazon subsidiary Twitch, a live streaming service that leads...

October 15, 2021 | Richard Goldberg, David May

Does Big Tech Have an Anti-Semitism Problem?

Employees at Google and Amazon launched a petition drive this week to persuade both companies to end their contracts with the world’s only Jewish state. Google and Amazon can send a powerful...

August 15, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal, Ben Evansky

Controversial German politician to head UN agency accused of helping Iran with tech linked to nuclear program

Gerd Müller prepares to outline his plans for UNIDO during the final week of August

April 5, 2021 | Trevor Logan, Theo Lebryk

America and its military need a blockchain strategy

For the first time, China’s five-year plan for social and economic development calls for the use of blockchain applications in supply chain management, e-governance and fintech, as well as related research...

October 22, 2020 | Emily de La Bruyère, Nathan Picarsic

How Big Tech factors into the US-China geopolitical competition

Excerpt On Oct. 6, the House Judiciary Committee issued a report calling for new antitrust regulations to rein in Big Tech. This report comes after a 15-month antitrust probe into technology firms Google,...

July 26, 2020 | Emily de La Bruyère, Nathan Picarsic

There’s a Bigger Threat Than Big Tech. It’s Big China

As lawmakers grill U.S. technology CEOs, they should ask not just about their near-monopoly power today, but also about staving off Chinese dominance tomorrow.

July 23, 2020 | Jonathan Schanzer, Eric B. Lorber

Why we should invite Hong Kong businesses to move to the United States

In a speech to U.S. governors in February, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned that China was actively working to exploit American vulnerabilities at all levels. Two can play at that game. In...

July 22, 2020 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer, Jonathan Schanzer

Amazon Pays a Fine for Crimea Business, but Occupied-Territories Policy Remains Murky

Amazon.com, Inc., settled with the U.S. Department of the Treasury earlier this month for violating U.S. sanctions by delivering products to Crimea, a region of Ukraine under Russian occupation, and several...

December 14, 2018 | David May |

Illinois Moves to Blacklist Airbnb

Following a request by Governor Bruce Rauner, the Illinois Investment Policy Board (IIPB) on Wednesday unanimously voted to...

June 12, 2018 | John Cappello |

Kremlin Disinformation Effort Is More Than Just Facebook

Russia’s disinformation campaign isn’t just a marketing problem for Facebook or a series of nuisance bots on Twitter. It’s a concerted effort to not just disrupt Western liberal institutions, bu...

February 3, 2014 | Jonathan Schanzer |

An Edge in the Desert

Weapons are pouring into the Middle East at an unprecedented rate. The Pentagon recently ...

April 22, 2013 |

Bombing Suspects Lauded Jihad

While police in and around Boston hunt for celebrate...

June 15, 2011 | The New Atlantis

In Defense of Biofuels

On the world markets, the cost of a barrel of oil is, at this writing, over $120. In the United States, a gallon of gasoline now costs, on average, roughly $3.50. Even when adjusted for inflation...

April 23, 2011 |

Uncharitable

‘In the United States, rules on charitable giving have made it harder for Muslims to fulfill their religious obligation,” President Obama claimed during his 2009 Cairo speech. “...

May 26, 2010 | National Review Online |

The Grand Jihad

Sorry for the radio silence the last few days, but I’m delighted to report that my new book, The Grand Jihad: How Islam and the Left Sabotage America, is doing well — even though it o...

August 14, 2007 | Human Events

Protect the American Media — Whether They Deserve It or Not

It is a hard thing to defend the American media. Even when they are right and even when they badly need defending. In large part, that’s because press hypocrisy is so striking. Jou...